Gretchen
Female Germanic name
Gretchen is a German diminutive of Margaret, used as a given name in English.
It carries old-world, Germanic associations and appears in literature as the tragic heroine in Goethe's *Faust*.
The name peaked in American popularity in the mid-20th century: Gretchen brought her famous strudel to the potluck.
Legendary deal-with-devil maker
- GoetheGerman poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
- MephistophelesSoul-bargaining demon
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
redemption · seduction · damnation · spinning wheel · jewel box · prayer · salvation · guilt
German girl's name
- FaustLegendary deal-with-devil maker
- OktoberfestMassive Bavarian brewing celebration
- BavariaSoutheastern German state
- MunichBavaria's largest city
Liesel · dirndl · lederhosen · pretzel · bratwurst · sauerkraut · strudel · beer garden
Faust
Legendary deal-with-devil maker
- GoetheGerman poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
- MephistophelesSoul-bargaining demon
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
innocence · redemption · seduction · damnation · spinning wheel · jewel box · prayer · salvation · guilt · remorse
Heidi
German girl's name
- FaustLegendary deal-with-devil maker
- OktoberfestMassive Bavarian brewing celebration
- BavariaSoutheastern German state
Liesel · Munich · dirndl · lederhosen · pretzel · bratwurst · sauerkraut · strudel · beer garden · alpine
Heidi
German girl's name
Ingrid · Liesel · Frieda · Hilda · Ursula · Gertrude · Wilhelmina
- Literary HeroinesJuliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, Desdemona, Lady Macbeth
- GoetheFaust, Mephistopheles, Mephisto, Weimar, Wagner
- Goethe DramaFaust, Stella, Pandora, Brother and Sister, Iphigenia
- German LiteratureGoethe, Mann, Kafka, Franz Kafka, Rilke
- German ClassicismWeimar, Mary Stuart, classical aesthetics, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, literary legacy